Fortunately, the four firefighters on-board were wearing seat belts and personal protective fire fighting gear, probably preventing serious injuries. All four personnel were able to leave the flipped fire unit and did not appear to have suffered any injuries.

Glad to hear that all the firefighters onboard are ok!!!! Just take the extra few seconds and make the right decisions when responding to calls. When your driving you have the life of the other firefighters onboard in your hands as well. I'm not trying to start a #issing match about the driver,alot of people get tunnel vission and do things that should'nt be done sometimes while in the apparatus responding to calls. BE SAFFE!!

The apparatus in this picture looks like a Pierce Dash/ Bronto aerial, it seems to be very top heavy . It would be like driving a " crane " to a fire scene at a high rate of speed. I would feel better riding in a Midmount tower!....

Maryland Tower Ladder Roll Over

Glad to hear the FF's were safe and glad to hear they were wearing their seat belts.

IMHO and background YES this type of device is more "top" heavy than other Rear Mount Aerial devices due to its size so probably the cause will be attributed (unless mechanical problem) to driver error IE Going to fast in into the turn.

About 2 years ago a E One Bronto 114 ft.? model rolled over in Downtown Phoenix "returning" from a call...Go Figure.. I believe it was attributed to driver error.

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E-One hasn't owned Bronto very long....There's another Pierce Bronto down on the TX gulf coast...Padre Island maybe. I think Station2 posted a pic of it in another bronto related thread a while back. After this incident, the TX one may be the only one left.

A total of six Pierce/Bronto's were built before E-One began offering them: Beltsville, MD; South Padre Island, TX; Bohemia, NY; Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International airport; Southampton, NY; Wading River, NY.

For what it's worth, the SPI, TX rig is the tallest in the US at 174'.